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USMEF Board Of Directors Meeting & International Buyers Conference, May 21-23, 2003
Brochure and Registration Form   USMEF International Buyers Conference Product Showcase Registration Kit   Unofficial Translation of NOM - NMX-FF-081-SCFI-2003
Newly Published Mexican Norm Applicable to Pork Products, Carcasses, and Pork Fresh-grading.

Russia

Importers Apply For 75 Percent Of Beef, 77 Percent Of Pork Quotas

On March 24, applications for allocations of the new Russian import quotas were announced by a committee put together by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) and the Agricultural Ministry. Applications were due on March 20, and, despite predictions that less than half the quota would be applied for since many companies are no longer in business and some of them were created solely for one transaction and then disbanded, companies did apply in time for 75 percent of the available beef quota, 77 percent of the pork quota and 64 percent of the poultry quota.

The next step is for the MEDT to determine how unused quota will be distributed. A decision is expected this week.

The Russian press reports that the MEDT has decided to include chilled beef (code 0201) without increasing the size of the quota, but this has not been confirmed.

Mexico

Mexico Pork Antidumping Investigation

On March 19, 2003, the U.S. coalition consisting of USMEF, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Meat Institute filed legal documents on behalf of the U.S. Pork industry regarding Mexico's pork antidumping investigation. This filing was presented to the Mexican Ministry of Economics.

Click on the links below to download the Spanish language version of this filing as three PDF documents. Each file is approximately 120 pages; please allow appropriate download time.

USMEF will post the English language translation of this filing as soon as it is available.

Mexico Antidumping General Instructions
Mexico Antidumping Brief 1-118
Mexico Antidumping Anexes 1-14